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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Whats Your Vice [2]? | Urban Decay Palette Review & Swatches

Although it's been out for a couple of months I have only just got my hands on the Urban Decay Vice 2 palette, which is my first "colourful" one from them! I knew I wanted it ever since i missed out on the first addition last year.
It's a bit sad that Urban Decay doesn't ship internationally, and I wasn't sure where else I could get one without going through a mail forwarding service, so when I posted about it on Instagram one of my US followers who I've "known" for a few years offered to buy it & send it over for me, I was so happy!
Of course afterwards I found the website www.tarazz.com.au which is basically is a mail forwarding service from Sephora so the prices are different to what you'd find through Urban Decay, and then I didn't realize it was actually on Beautybay which I've used a fair few times!

I'll start out with the packaging... I absolutely love the design of this case with the hard, sturdy plastic cover with the gorgeous shades of purple & the raised diamond UD logo. It has an easy press button where the case glides open gently, unveiling the 20 gorgeous shades & the huge mirror which occupies the entire space of the lid, which balances the palette when it's open so it doesn't inconveniently tip over.

As always, the palette comes with a dual-ended brush. It has a flat shader on one side and a blending brush on the
other, but I don't find them dense or sturdy enough to pack on the
colour. However I prefer to use the flat shader for highlighting and
precision blending, but the blending side is probably more stiffer and smaller to apply colours directly into the crease.

This palette features a variety of jewel-toned shades amongst the not-so-average neutrals which I find are very complimentary against each other. It consists of mainly shimmery metallic shades, some with glitter accents & flecks of shimmer against a satin base, which can be easily blended out if not careful. There are only two matte blending shades and one highlighting shade which may be a bit limiting but it works as that is not the focus of the palette.

The finish that I prefer in the palette are the metallic eyeshadows, they are definitely the most pigmented and the colours are so eye catching! If you are not used to colour, of course this wouldn't be as appealing but you could start with a hint of colour on the lower lash line or as an eyeliner.
I also thought that I would have plenty of dupes in this palette... I certainly have many similar colours with Inglot & a few other palettes but nothing is ever too similar now, isn't it?? :)

SwatchesAll swatches are done without a base but of course will show up differently, the different flecks and textures in some colours would have stood out.

Toxic: Coppery Gold-Pink; Frosty/ Metallic Habit: Light Beige Nude, good for blending out crease colours; MatteAmbush: Everything I wanted Radar to be, it is a Medium-Dark Bronze & is very creamy; MetallicRewind: Neutral Brown, good for applying lightly in the crease as a transition colour; Matte

Depending on where you get the Vice 2 palette from, it is between $59 (US) to $72 (AU/ EURO sites) which still makes the eyeshadows only around $3.60 each! But then if you'll only use a couple of the shades then it wouldn't be worth it! (But trust me, you'll want to use them all!) My favourite colours would have to be Madness, Radar, Betrayal & Ambush. Another thing is this palette is very fall/autumn coloured, so I probably wont get as much use out of this summer as I'd like to!

Obviously my final verdict is that I love this palette, what do you think of it??
xoxo

9 comments:

Betrayal and Shellshock are my favorite out of the entire palette! I'm so happy that you managed to get your hands on this! I'm on a eyes & lips ban because I tend not to use those products up as fast I do with face products, but this is palette is so tempting! x

This palette is amazing. Such a great range of shades, a good amount of neutrals off set with some deep darker jewel and accent shades. As you broke down, the price is really worth it! I don't have much time to wear more complex eye make up nowadays, maybe once or twice a week so I'm focusing on skincare for now!

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Urban Decay make amazing eyeshadows - but I sometimes find the packaging of their palettes to be too bulky. Still, the selection of colours look so inviting to play around with :) I'm sure you could come up with a multitude of looks. While the palette is pricey, as you point out it works to be decent value for money if you consider the number of eyeshadows you're getting.

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